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= Knight-Mozilla Community Knowledge Coordinator = | = Knight-Mozilla Community Knowledge Coordinator = | ||
This is a part-time, contract position to support the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership (aka "MoJo'"), http://knightmozilla.org<br>The partnership produces a lot of documentation and public information that must stay current, well organized, and accessible to key audiences. This is done mostly through a Wiki, mailing list, IRC channel, e-mail, and Twitter. Turning these various conversations into useful, public-facing information is the essense of this role. Your ability to be an community ambassador for the program, through your written words, is a definite plus.<br> | This is a part-time, contract position to support the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership (aka "MoJo'"), http://knightmozilla.org; The position starts immediately and contract can be renewed every 6 months through June, 2013. | ||
<br>The partnership produces a lot of documentation and public information that must stay current, well organized, and accessible to key audiences. This is done mostly through a Wiki, mailing list, IRC channel, e-mail, and Twitter. Turning these various conversations into useful, public-facing information is the essense of this role. Your ability to be an community ambassador for the program, through your written words, is a definite plus.<br> | |||
You are the ideal candidate for this position if you are: | You are the ideal candidate for this position if you are: | ||
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*Technical writing: write documentation for software that is developed by the team, program participants, news partners, or fellows. The objective here is to build communities around these software projects over the course of the program. | *Technical writing: write documentation for software that is developed by the team, program participants, news partners, or fellows. The objective here is to build communities around these software projects over the course of the program. | ||
*Editing: quickly review copy produced by the team to ensure that is accurate, follows the house style, and is error free. | *Editing: quickly review copy produced by the team to ensure that is accurate, follows the house style, and is error free. | ||
*Knowledge management: collect and organize information produced by the team, participants, community members and partners on the project's wiki page. | *Knowledge management: collect and organize information produced by the team, participants, community members and partners on the project's wiki page. This includes proactively expanding our knowledge base by researching and documenting news innovations that align with the purpose of the program. | ||
*Social media management: keep the @KnightMozilla Twitter account updated, promoting the work of the partnership. | *Social media management: keep the @KnightMozilla Twitter account updated, promoting the work of the partnership. | ||
*Monitor online coverage: monitor as website traffic, social media coversations, and press & blog coverage, and report back at the weekly meeting. | *Monitor online coverage: monitor as website traffic, social media coversations, and press & blog coverage, and report back at the weekly meeting. | ||
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*Ability to work both independently and in partnership with a fast-paced, geographically distributed team, i.e.: a sense of humor is required.<br> | *Ability to work both independently and in partnership with a fast-paced, geographically distributed team, i.e.: a sense of humor is required.<br> | ||
To apply, send a resume, a very brief cover letter, and 1-2 writing samples that demonstrate your ability to | To apply, send a resume, a very brief cover letter, and 1-2 writing samples that demonstrate your ability to fufill the responsibilities of the contract to njames [at] mozillafoundation [dot] org by May 6, 2011. Compensation is highly competitive and will be determined based on experience and fit.<br> | ||
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